1 Day Tour to Petra – Daily Guaranteed Departure from Eilat and Tel-Aviv
The daily tour to Petra starts from the pick-up in the morning (07:30 am from the hotel or the airport in Eilat) and transfer to the Arava Border. After ending all border-formalities we will drive up to Petra through the "Desert Highway" and arrive to the "Rose Red City" - Petra - within 2 hours. We will enter the ancient city of Petra through the famous "Siq" - a narrow natural gorge that made the secret entrance to Petra. At once the valley of Petra will open in front of us, and we will see the famous "Khazane" ("Treasury"). We will visit the most famous monuments of Petra, carved in the red Sandstone and eat a buffet lunch (included) nearby, before we will return to our bus and leave Petra. After a short city-tour in Aqaba (the neighbor city of Eilat) we will reach the Arava Border and return to Eilat.
The tour inside the Petra site includes 8km walking and takes around 3.5-4 hours. One can use horses / donkeys / camels / carriages inside the site (some of the way). To be payable directly to the Bedouins.
You can also do it in one day from Tel Aviv! click here for Petra + return flights
Adult: $219
Child: $110 (age 2-14)
Price does not include the border taxes & tips: $60 per person
(to be paid in cash at the border).
Pick up for the 1 day tour to Petra is at 07:30 from main hotels in Eilat, airport or central bus station.
Basic Itinerary
07:30 Pickup from the hotel / airport
08:30 Cross both borders
10:30 Arrival to Petra, start visit
14:30 Lunch and back to bus, leaving Petra
18:30 Approximate time of return to Arava border
Please note - this is a basic itinerary for the 1 day tour to Petra: time table may vary according to season, overload at border, size and rhythm of group, etc.
Cancellation Policy
Daily tours can be cancelled with no cancellation fees up to 2 full working days prior to date of tour (Sunday to Thursday). Tour with Flights will always bear cancellation fee: up to 48 hours before 100NIS per person cancellation fees. Less than 48 hours before & up to 24 hours before, 50% cancellation fees.
No refund if cancelled less than 24 hours before the time of tour with flight.
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